Rio Ferdinand has raised further doubts over his England future by admitting
he no longer thinks about adding to his 81 caps.

The Manchester United defender, still waiting to hear whether he will be investigated by the Football Association following tweets relating to Chelsea full-back Ashley Cole, was omitted from Roy Hodgson’s squad for Euro 2012 and has not played for England the Wembley clash against Switzerland in June 2011.

Although Hodgson cited ‘footballing reasons’ for his decision not to select Ferdinand for Euro 2012, the defender has since questioned that suggestion on Twitter, with a widely-held perception that his exclusion was linked to the court case involving Ferdinand’s brother Anton and John Terry.

Terry was last week acquitted of racially abusing the QPR defender.

Ferdinand is set to return to action for United on Wednesday night when he captains Sir Alex Ferguson’s team against Amazulu in Durban on the first leg of the club’s summer tour.

And the 33-year-old admits that it is his United career, rather than his England ambitions, which now dominate his thoughts.